[MD] Falling out of Time/Space

[Krimel]

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From: David M [mailto:davidint at blueyonder.co.uk] 
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [MD] Falling out of Time/Space

Hi Krim


> [Krimel]
> In 1981 Nature editor John Maddox said in a review that Sheldrake's first
> book "...is the best candidate for burning there has been for many years."
> The comment has been widely quoted and cause a big controversy.
>
> After reflecting on his comments for more than 10 years Maddox clarified 
> his thinking in a 1994 BBC documentary.
>
> "I was so offended by it, that I said that while it's wrong that books
> should be burned, in practice, if book burning were allowed, this book 
> 
> would be a candidate (...) I think it's dangerous that people should be 
> allowed by our liberal societies to put that kind of nonsense into 
> currency."
>

DM: Funny, Maddox's reaction seems awful to me, surely science requires
exploring new ideas and hypotheses, most of course will prove to be not
very useful. What is so threatening about unorthodox ideas to people
like Maddox? There is nothing incoherent or unreasoned about Shledrake's
proposals even if they may prove to have no future as seems to be the case.
Clearly nothing needed burning, only reading and ignoring, a more civilised
approach I'd say. Rathe dumb and hysterical rhetoric I'd suggest. 

[Krimel]
All I know of Sheldrake is what I have heard him say and it strikes me as
pure rubbish. If he has the quality and quantity of research that he claims
then he would not be constantly whining about conspiracies to keep the man
down. 

As I said I thought Maddox was being overly kind.